Benefits of Zakat for the Individual • Purifies and promotes assets. • Develops gratitude for Allah's bounty. • Brings about a sense of peace and well-being.
Benefits of Zakat for Society • Minimizes the feeling of envy among those who are less well-to-do. • Provides a religiously-approved method of managing the society's economy and finance. • Makes it possible for part of the wealth of the rich to be distributed among the poor.